Straight up, get politically involved in your community

It might sound silly or inconsequential, but it will have an impact. Even a small impact is better than no impact.

You want a more pedestrian focused city plan to happen? More parks? More multi-family housing? Better bus lines? Get involved, talk to your city council, get your friends involved.

It might sound small, but all change starts small.

Edit: Hell a friend of mine was able to get enough people in his HOA together to get them to start looking into adding some more people focused stuff to their little community. Like adding a couple bike racks to the park in their neighborhood and blending the curbs in a bunch of places.

I have volunteered weekly for 4* years, have given speeches at protests, whetpasted posters against nazis, and attend most council meetings. Still have massive depression episodes.

Just saying that it’s not like both situations can’t be true at once, and I would argue that if you do the former the later is more likely then an average person.

Heres an international resource that people actually can use: https://findahelpline.com/

They have an up to date list of prevention lines in a lot of different mental health fields. If anyone is struggling with mental health I recommend checking it out to see if there are any helplines you can use. They also have a nifty lite FAQ entry about how to start the conversation since it can be hard for many.